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The default layer is Layer 1. To add a layer press New... and name your layer. To delete a layer, select it, and then press Delete. To copy the contents of one layer to a new layer press Copy and name your new layer.
Layers can be moved up or down by dragging the title bar. Layer names can be changed by pressing Properties....
To work on a layer, select the layer. You can copy from one layer, select a new layer, and paste to the new layer.
TIP : Give your layers names that relate to their contents.


	Things You Need to Know to do this Tutorial

	Xara's path commands fall under the title of Combine Shapes and are found in the Arrange menu, The two circles in the left column represent the before state. The shape or shapes in the right column represent the applied path effect. Add Shapes creates one shape with a common outline. All shapes inside the common outline are deleted. Subtract Shapes removes the portion of an object or group of objects that are beneath the top shape. The top shape is deleted after the operation. Intersect Shapes creates a new shape where the two objects overlap. The original two shapes are deleted. Slice Shapes creates a new shape similar to the Intersected shape but also removes the portion of the object under the intersected shape. *TIP:* If you want the top shape to remain after the Combine Shapes* operation, make a duplicate (Ctrl K) of the top shape.*

The Layer Gallery is a good way to organize a complex drawing. Click the icon on the Infobar to open the gallery.

When you drag a guideline onto the page a new layer is created called Guides. Any object you place on the Guides layer becomes a guideline and the outline becomes a red dotted line.

Checking and un-checking the first box (under the eye symbol) makes a layer visible or invisible. Checking and un-checking the second box (under the arrow symbol) makes a layer editable or non-editable.